endemic

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  1. adjective Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people: diseases endemic to the tropics. See Synonyms at native.
  2. adjective Ecology Native to or confined to a certain region.
  3. noun Ecology An endemic plant or animal.

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  • But it does so because they are endemic, and with the exception of a few astute contributions, it fails to assess the consequences of this reorientation and propose a way forward. decentre is comprised of short contributions that draw primarily on writers 'personal experiences with particular ARCs rather than theoretical or historical analysis. —  rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
  • In large parts of Africa and Latin America the most dreadful levels of poverty and disease are endemic, and yet for the present there are no signs of revolutionary forces emerging. —  MRZine.org
  • He draws a somewhat sweeping conclusion from this that that speculation and thus bubbles and crashes are endemic, and incurable, under "capitalism." —  Political Affairs Magazine
  • The researchers say the finding provides an additional reason for de-worming programmes in cholera endemic areas. —  SciDev.Net
  • In these bearish of times and the economic crisis become more and more of a global endemic, the old and trusted traditional markets have begun to show their flaws and crumble before the very eyes of the millions of investors that have sustained its survival for the past one hundred years. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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  1. From Greek endēmos, native, endemic : en-, in; see en-2 + dēmos, people; see dā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French endémique = Spanish endémico = Portuguese Italian endemico (cf. D. G. endemisch = Danish Swedish endemisk), from Greek as if *ἐνδημικός for ἐνδήμιος, equivalent to ἒνδημος, native, belonging to a people, from ἐν, in, + δῆμος, the people: see deme. Cf. epidemic.
 

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